GetBlock

GetBlock is a managed blockchain RPC node provider founded in 2019 that gives developers and teams plug-and-play API access to blockchain networks without having to operate their own nodes. Rather than provisioning, syncing, and maintaining validator or full-node infrastructure, developers connect to GetBlock's hosted endpoints through standard JSON-RPC, WebSocket, REST, and GraphQL interfaces and begin querying the chain immediately. The platform currently supports 130+ blockchain networks, with Solana as one of its core supported chains alongside Ethereum, Bitcoin, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon, and major Layer 2 networks.

The Problem GetBlock Solves

Running a production-grade Solana node requires significant infrastructure investment: high-spec hardware, persistent storage for ledger history, continuous monitoring, and the engineering time to tune the Agave client for low latency under load. For most development teams, that overhead is an obstacle rather than a differentiator. GetBlock abstracts the node layer entirely, providing SLA-backed uptime and regional endpoints so teams can focus on application logic rather than infrastructure operations.

How the Service Works

GetBlock operates two primary service tiers. Shared Nodes are multi-tenant RPC endpoints pooled across customers, available from $49 per month and scaled in compute units (CUs) — a request-weight metric that accounts for the varying cost of different RPC methods. Plans range from entry-level to 600 million–1 billion CUs per month on the Pro tier. In June 2026, GetBlock increased compute unit allocations by up to 75% across all shared plans at no additional cost.

Dedicated Nodes are bare-metal instances reserved exclusively for a single customer, starting at $3,200 per month for Solana. They carry a 99.99%+ SLA and offer guaranteed unlimited requests per second with no throttling — the right choice for high-frequency trading systems, MEV bots, or large-scale data pipelines.

A third tier, Limitless Nodes, introduced in mid-2026, allows teams to set their own RPS ceiling while removing compute unit caps entirely, targeting workloads with predictable concurrency but variable request sizes.

Access is authenticated via API access tokens, a security model GetBlock migrated to over a five-month upgrade cycle in 2024, replacing the older API-key system.

Solana-Specific Features

GetBlock treats Solana as a first-class supported chain with a dedicated infrastructure stack built around the network's performance requirements. Solana Mainnet-Beta and Devnet endpoints are both available, and the service reports regional latencies as low as 6 ms from Frankfurt and sub-20 ms across its six global deployment regions.

The Solana Pro RPC package, launched in Q4 2024, raised the standard shared node throughput from 300 RPS to 500+ RPS, with multi-node clusters reaching 1,000+ RPS. Beyond raw throughput, Solana Pro bundles several specialized plugins:

• Yellowstone Geyser gRPC — a streaming data feed that delivers account and transaction updates 25–30 ms faster than standard Yellowstone implementations, with state visibility arriving up to 140–150 ms earlier. Available as a standalone add-on at $400 per month.
• Jito integration — connects applications to the Jito block-engine for MEV-aware transaction submission, improving landing rates for time-sensitive operations.
• Metaplex Digital Asset Standard (DAS) API — a higher-level NFT and token metadata interface layered on top of the raw RPC, useful for wallets and marketplaces that need enriched asset data without writing their own indexers.
• ORE mining support — enabling clients participating in Solana's proof-of-work ORE protocol.
• bloXroute WebSocket — priority BDN transaction routing at $700/month, advertising a 95%+ transaction landing probability.
• MEV Protection via Merkle — sandwich and frontrun mitigation at $50/month.

GetBlock also maintains a Singapore server cluster specifically to reduce round-trip latency for Asia-Pacific users interacting with Solana.

Scale and Growth

By the end of 2024, GetBlock was processing 12 billion RPC requests to shared nodes per day — a roughly 10x increase over the prior year. Dedicated node traffic surpassed 5 billion daily transactions in the same period, representing 100% growth in six months. The platform reports 100,000+ active users and more than 200,000 developers served across its history, with over 100 B2B production clients in sectors including wallets, DeFi protocols, NFT platforms, DAOs, analytics providers, and algorithmic traders.

Company Background and Team

GetBlock was founded in 2019 by Arseniy Voitenko, who serves as CEO, and was initially established as an in-house blockchain infrastructure service in Belgrade, Serbia. The company has since redomiciled its registered operations, with its current listed headquarters at 68 Circular Road, Singapore. The team comprises 60+ employees, with over 80% in engineering and technical roles. Roughly 56% hold MSc or PhD degrees. The engineering headcount breaks down across DevOps and infrastructure (32%), backend and data engineering (26%), and customer engineering and support (22%).

The company is privately held and has not disclosed external funding rounds in public filings, suggesting it has grown primarily on revenue.

In 2024, GetBlock completed a SOC 2 Type I attestation, formalizing its security controls for availability and data handling — a credential often required by enterprise and institutional clients evaluating infrastructure vendors.

Solana Ecosystem Fit

GetBlock positions itself as an alternative to self-managed Solana RPC infrastructure for teams that need production-grade reliability without the DevOps burden. Its modular add-on model — base RPC plus optional streaming, MEV, and indexing layers — allows projects to start with shared node access and graduate to dedicated infrastructure as their transaction volumes grow. The direct integrations with Raydium and Jupiter for low-latency DEX data further embed GetBlock into the DeFi layer of the Solana ecosystem. For validators, wallet providers, and application developers on Solana, GetBlock offers a tiered entry point into professional RPC infrastructure backed by a global server footprint and an SLA.